Beautiful, pot shaped Japanese bamboo basket by Tanabe Chikuunsai I. Basket looks very sophisticated and gentle, although itfs woven with simple technique, yotsume-ami. Ends of strips of the rim extend to the body. Color is shirasabi, blond color. Signed by Shoukansai on the bottom, with tomobako box, great condition. Size: height 39cm, width, 19cm...

Small beautiful kakehana(hanging) bamboo basket by Iizuka Rokansai �es studio and no sign on the basket. Simple shape, Shirasabi(blond) bamboo basket. Signed �gRokasnsai- ho�h which means produced by Rokansai or made under advice of Rokansai on the tomobako box. Great condition. Size: height 20.5cm, width 12cm, depth 13cm. Taisho period Iizuka Rokansai(1890-1958): One of the most important and well-known bamboo master, sixth child of Housai �T...

Big and rare Japanese bamboo basket by Iizuka Rokansai. Hexagonal bottom and circled rim shape, detailed ajiro-ami (wickerwork) waving technique is very beautiful. In contrast to the body, handles of rounded and light colored bamboo sticks are dynamic. Signed by Rokansai on the bottom, great condition. Size: height 22, width 43. Taisho period Iizuka Rokansai(1890-1958): One of the most important and well-known bamboo master, sixth child of Housai ‡T...

Wonderful Japanese free-form bamboo basket by Kyokusai. Multi colored bamboo strips are irregularly plated on the base of mutsume-ami, hexagonal weaving technique. Some different widths bamboo strips are used, two twisted bamboos are used for handle and each four ends are plaited into the body. Darkest, split and widest strips on the body are parts of handle strips. Signed by Kyokusai on the bottom , Great condition. with tomobako box...

Rhomboid shaped beautiful Japanese bamboo basket by Iizuka Rokansai. Rim is oval shape. Strips are woven with yotsume-ami (pattern of four aquares weaving), and some are in irregular weave. Whole basket looks being woven loosely, but have a clean and good posture. Texture is shiny moderately and beautiful. Great condition. Signed by Rokansaion the bottom. Size: height 42cm, width 28cm, depth 22cm...

Free-form, roughly circular Japanese bamboo basket by Suemura shobun(1917-2000). Beautiful lines and rounded form are made of delicate, dark colored bamboo. Two knots on one side are plaited into one handle to the other side.Great condition, signed by Shoun on the bottom, tomobako, size, height 20cm, width 33cm. Suemura Shobun(1917-2000): bamboo master born in Osaka, studied under Yamamoto Shoen. Shobun won prizes of Nitten and other art exhibition some times.

This fine and beautiful bamboo flower basket was woven flatten thin bamboo. The design can be found in the works of Hounsai who worked in the west of Japan between Taisho(1912-1926) and the beginning of Showa(1926-1989). 11 1/2 in. (29cm) high by 16 1/2 in. (42cm) wide, unsigned. It is in good condition.

Wonderful Bamboo basket by Shiraishi Hakuunsai. Stacked bamboo strips are woven into rounded shape and beautifully dark colored bamboo makes it has profound feeling, strips woven in the body becomes rope plaited rim on the top. Circular bottom is woven in the hexagonal mutsu-me-ami and bottom color is a little darker than the body...

Sophisticated bamboo basket of Ishikawa Shoun, having beautiful simplicity and calmness. Cracks gives good texture on the wide woven strips. Strips are very light colors and narrower twinings on the rim are very slightly more colored than the body. About ten wide trips are woven yotsume-ami dynamically...